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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Beth Ann Peterson, Tucson, AZ (US);

Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);

Matthew Richard Craig, Sahuarita, AZ (US);

Matthew G. Borlick, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/2022 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for maintaining data structures in a virtual memory comprised of a plurality of heterogeneous memory devices. Access counts are maintained for a plurality of data structures stored in a first level memory device. A determination is made of data structures in the first level memory device having lowest access counts. The determined data structures are deleted from the first level memory device and retaining copies of the data structures in a second level memory device, wherein the first level memory device has lower latency than the second level memory device.


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